Headlight



E. SCHUYLER.

HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 19m.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

A TTORNEY.

ahead, and permits the vehicle to be safelyv driven at a high speed.When the vehicle enters avillage or city where lower speeds are therule, the driver should close the switch 13 and open switch 12 forextinguishing the lamp 6 and for lighting the lamp 8'. As the lamp 6 isdisposed in the lowermost or deepest compartmententirely beneath thepartition 7, the broad horizontal apron 7,

restricts the direct rays ofthe lamp 6- to the level of the axis of saidlamp, which is rarely ever more than three feet from the level of theroadway. The light from the lamp 6 is thus projected a shorter distancethan that of lamp 6, and the drooping apron 7' tends to deflect thegreater portion of the bright rays of lamp 6' downwardly, so thatdrivers of other vehicles, as well, as pedestrians cannot see any glare.By this dise position and arrangement of the lamp 6, the whole breadthof the roadway is brightly lighted for a safe distance, and the approachand course of the vehicle may be readily observed withont its headlightsproducing the usual dazzling efiect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Ann-glare head-light, including a conical reflector having a closedend arranged in vertical plane and provided with a reflecting surface,said reflector being formed with interior oi the a plurality ofwedge-shaped plane surfaces which taper from its open end to its planeend, a pair of electric lamps supported by said plane end, and apartition dividing the reflector horizontally and separating said lamps,the free end of said partition declining forwardly for restricting therays of the lowermost lamp to the level of the horizontal axis of saidlamp, and the top and bottom surfaces of said partition being polishedfor reflecting the rays rem the corresponding lamps.

2. In a nolare head-light, the combination of a re ector comprising afrustum whose reduced end is closed and arranged in vertical plane, apair of lamps disposed one above the other in said reflector andsupported by its reduced end, a light reflectin partition joined to saidplane end and subdividing the reflector into upper and lowercompartments, 'a portion of said reflector comprising a forwardlydeclining apron whose free edge is disposed in a horizontal plane on alevel with the axis of the lowermost lamp, and means for alternatelylighting said lamps.

3. The combination of a bell-shaped reflector, the reduced end thereofbeing closed and disposed in vertical plane, a pair of electric lampsdisposed one above the other and supported by "said closed end, apartition separating said lamps and dividing said reflectorssubstantially on the line of its horizontal axis, the forward end ofsaid partition disposed at an angle which positions its free edge inline horizontally with the axis of the lowermost lamp for restrictingthe rays of said lamp for the full breadth. of the reflector to theheight of said line. Y i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD SCHUYLER.

